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Dans un arrêt d'une portée considérable pour le droit communautaire dans son ensemble, la CEJ reconnaît à la Commission le pouvoir de contraindre les Etats membres à adopter des sanctions pénales visant des individus ou des organisations auteurs d'atteintes graves à l'environnement.
The European Court of Justice's ruling will allow the Commission to strengthen its legislative proposals by introducing criminal sanctions for breaches of EU law. The Court case was started after the Council replaced a 2001 Commission's draft directive with its own weaker Framework Decision. If adopted the proposed draft directive would have given the commission the power to push member states to punish environmental crimes.
However, some member states did not want any interference of the Commission in their criminal law and therefore adopted a Framework Decision, which falls under the third, intergovernmental pillar.
The Court has now annulled the Framework Decision. Commission President Barroso greeted the judgement saying it strengthens the EU's chances of enforcing laws once they have been agreed by the member states. EU diplomats were not immediately ready to comment on the ruling. It is as yet unclear if the commission will reintroduce its 2001 proposal.
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